Quote from Forum Archives on March 25, 2005, 5:44 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

We wish each and everyone a Happy Easter. Easter is a time for families to be together and to remember the true meaning of Easter.

Happy Easter

Dave and Barbara

 

 

"THE CROSS"

I know in life we all go through
A lot of hurt and pain
We need to think of Jesus Christ
On the cross with all our shame

For as our Lord was hanging there
With all our sin and doubts
Everything that we'll go through
He bore as His blood poured out

And in the blood that flowed that day
Is forgiveness from every sin
There's nothing we can do or say
His blood can't cleanse within

Oh the pain that He went through
In suffering on His own
For even the Father turned His face
And He was left to die alone

We could never imagine the anguish
Of Jesus there on the cross
He lived for us; He died for us
And all we did was scoff

Nothing we could ever go through
Can ever be compared
So next time when we're feeling down
We should go to Him in prayer

For He will understand your pain
For He has felt it too
He knows the road your travelling on
And He will walk with you

 

 

"Easter Holiday"

 

Easter holiday, is a celebration of the resurrection of Christ!
Jesus Christ, The Son of God, bled and died for us in a sacrifice.

This Spring day's celebrated, generally in the month of April.
All of the bright and pretty colors, of the Easter outfits with frills.

Women and children will wear their Easter bonnets.
In the Spring, you'll hear the various musical sonnets.

April will bring many rain showers.
That'll bring us various beautiful flowers.

One special flower for this day is the Easter Lily.
It's color is white, and yet snowy & milky.

The birds will sing their songs of praise.
As we begin to feel the warmth of the sun's rays.

As we say "Goodbye" to the winter's gloom,
The flowers and trees have already begun to bloom.

All of life's beauty, The Lord created, for us all to share.
Spring breezes begin to flow, sending fragrances through the air.

The winter's thawing will let the rivers, lakes, and streams rise and flow.
The beauty of the Earth will make us all feel aglow!

Farmers and gardeners will start to hoe.
And then they'll begin to sow.

On Sundays, we'll hear the various church bells ring.
Let's be grateful for the LORD, let's rejoice and sing.

If it wasn't for the Lord, we wouldn't have anything!

 

 

                                                            "He Has Risen"

                                                                 

 

Gethsemane

"Father, I pray, let this cup pass from Me."

In the garden in agony He cried.

Great drops of blood, as sweat, fell down

Where Jesus knelt upon the ground.

"Take away this cup from Thine only Son . . .

And not My will, but Thine be done."

Betrayal

"Whomsoever I kiss, 'tis He," Judas cried

And walked boldly to the Master's side.

Then, just one look into that kindly face . . .

With a broken heart, he ran from the place,

Throwing the silver, which he was paid,

He cried, "'Tis innocent blood I have betrayed,"

Trial

"Art Thou the king the Jew's expected one?"

(The trial before Pilate had just begun.)

Pilate wished the yelling mob to chide,

"I find no fault in Him," he cried.

To the clamoring mob, bereft of reason,

"No cause for death, by guilt or treason."

Sentence

"Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" they cry

"He is an imposter. He must die."

His blood be on us and our children."

The cry of the mob was cruel and grim . . .

"Away with Him! Away with Him!

Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"

Mockery

Scourged and delivered to the angry mob,

They dressed Him in a purple robe.

"Hail Thou! Hail Thou! King of the Jews!"

They before Him jeered and bowed.

On His head a crown of thorns they placed

And led Him forth, as one disgraced.

Preparation

Then, on the cross which He had borne up the hill,

They stretched His frail and sacred form,

When blow on blow, strong hands sent the nails

Into His quivering, suffering flesh;

Then cried soldiers lifting high the cross

Dropped it quickly with a thundering thud.

On the Cross

"Father, forgive them," in compassion He cried,

"For they know not what they do."

Nails, cruel, pierced His hands and feet,

A sharp sword pierced His body through.

"It is finished," people heard Him say,

"into Thy hands I commend My spirit today."

Death

mantle of darkness caressed Him in death,

Covering His friends, whose hearts were bereft.

The rulers knew they were mistaken again,

As the veil in the temple was rent in twain.

earful, they fled the angry mob . . .

had they slain? The Son of God!

Sepulcher

By loving hands brought down from the cross . . .

Brokenhearted, they keenly felt their loss;

All earth was hushed . . . not a sound was heard,

Not even a song or the chirp of a bird;

Weird was the cry His mother gave

As His body was placed in the rock-hewn grave.

Pilate

"Earth holds the Nazarene within her grasp;

Trouble with Him," Pilate said, "is past.

He cannot now, as He has often said,

Rise in three days if He were dead.

Go soldiers, place a guard o'er His grave . . .

Seal fast the entrance to the cave."

Morning

At last, morning came and the cold grey dawn;

Christ's followers, heartbroken, forlorn,

Departed from the city before it wad day

Wondering who would roll the stone away.

But lo! . . . the grave is empty, their Lord is gone,

An angel is guarding the tomb at early morn.

Resurrection

The sun bursts forth in all its glory

Across the earth it tells the story.

"The tomb is empty, the body is gone . . .

The Christ arose in the early morn."

So, sing ye people, let your voices ring,

Sing ye people: Oh, Christ is King."

Romans 5:6-8

You see at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrated his own ove for us in this. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 4: 21-25a

But now a righteousness from God, apart form law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all ahave sinned and fall short of the glory of God 24 and are justifies freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood.

Romans 5:6-8

You see at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrated his own ove for us in this. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

 

 

 

Have a Blessed Day

Dave and Barbara

 

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